AI writing tools could hand scientists the ‘gift of time’

Tregoning makes some good points:

"This made me reflect: if there is a section in a grant application that can be written by an AI, does that section really serve any purpose? If a computer can churn out something deeply generic that still answers the question (more or less), why are we asking people to address the question at all? I think the answer is clear: these sections never really did serve a purpose and certainly don’t now."

"I want low-engagement tasks to take up less of my working day, allowing me to do more of what I need to do to thrive (thinking, writing, discussing science with colleagues). And then, because I won’t have a Sisyphean to-do list, I’ll be able to go home earlier — because I’ll have got more of the thinking, writing and discussing done during working hours, rather than having to fit them around the edges."